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Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855-1942) Portrait of Anne Douglas Sedgwick Pencil an

Sold for $500 at Heritage Auctions on Feb 10, 2023.

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Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855-1942) Portrait of Anne Douglas Sedgwick Pencil and pastel on paper 18-3/8 x 13-3/8 inches (46.7 x 34.0 cm) Inscribed indistinctly lower left: [...] EXHIBITED: The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., "Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture," October 6, 1995-January 28, 1996, no. 71. Anne Douglas Sedgewick (28 March 1873 – 19 July 1935) was an American-born British writer whose novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her best-selling novel Tante was made into a 1919 film, The Impossible Woman, and The Little French Girl into a 1925 film of the same name. Four of her books were on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by The New York Times. In 1931, Sedgewick was elected to the United States National Institute of Art and Letters. HID01801242017

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